Granted, Brown is inexperienced and Bullock made 18 of 20 field goals for the Bengals last season. It isn’t unusual for a team to keep two kickers during the preseason while preserving the starter’s leg endurance for a full 17-week season.

Still, not even entertaining the idea of a competition when the second kicker looks this good is odd. Bengals fans will have a hard time forgetting about losing rookie Jake Elliott last year, who went on to win a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Maybe this doesn’t play out the same way, but Brown is making as much noise as possible and other teams are going to want to see this film.